av-ih-SEN-ee-uh -- named for Avicinna (Ibn Sina), Persian physician-philosopher
oh-fiss-ih-NAH-liss -- meaning, official (used in pharmacological sense)
commonly known as: Indian mangrove, white mangrove • Bengali: বীনা bina • Hindi: bina • Kannada: ipati, uppati • Konkani: upati • Malayalam: ഒറയി orayi, ഉപ്പട്ടി uppatti • Marathi: तवीर tavir, तिवर tivar • Sanskrit: सागरोद्भुतः sagarodbhutah, सागरोदुर्ग sagarodurga, तिमिरः timirah • Tamil: வெண்கண்டல் venkantal • Telugu: తెల్లమడచెట్టు tellamadacettu
Distribution: coasts of southern Asia to Australia and Oceania